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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8404 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

sittesit

Two or more mechanical changes in one word: sinne → sin, vnderstande → understand.

Puritas changed it
450 times in 172 works
Consistency
97.6% (450 of 461)
Reach if approved
~484 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: sit
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
461 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (450 changes in 172 works, 97.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 450)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … ſeruaunt. 4 Let there nowe be taken a litle water, and waſhe your feete, and ſittesit downe vnder this tree. 5 In the meane time I will take and bringe a …
    With rule
    … ſeruaunt. 4 Let there nowe be taken a litle water, and waſhe your feete, and ſittesit downe vnder this tree. 5 In the meane time I will take and bringe a …

    Dudley Fenner · The Arts of Logic and Rhetoric · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … at all deriuing his power from the seuen hills, &c. But if the Pope sittesit now in an other Rome, then Peter the Apostle satte, howe will Maister Sander …
    With rule
    … at all deriuing his power from the seuen hills, &c. But if the Pope sittesit now in an other Rome, then Peter the Apostle satte, howe will Maister Sander …

    William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 293 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … away Captiue, she dwelleth among the Heathen. And by the riuers of Babell, they sittesit and weepe, when they remember Sion. So we denounce the iudgements of God against …
    With rule
    … away Captiue, she dwelleth among the Heathen. And by the riuers of Babell, they sittesit and weepe, when they remember Sion. So we denounce the iudgements of God against …

    Thomas Adams · Heaven and Earth Reconciled · p. 19 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … labour to be deſirous and humble hearers, ſuch as account it no diſparagement to ſittesit in the ſchoole of Chriſt vpon the learners forme. In the times of Popery …
    With rule
    … labour to be deſirous and humble hearers, ſuch as account it no diſparagement to ſittesit in the ſchoole of Chriſt vpon the learners forme. In the times of Popery …

    Samuel Hieron · The Baptizing of the Eunuch · p. 1 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … true / yet are they all compelled to caſte theyr crounes before hym that dothe ſittesit in the throne / knowleginge them ſelfes to be deliuered from greate affliccion / too haue …
    With rule
    … true / yet are they all compelled to caſte theyr crounes before hym that dothe ſittesit in the throne / knowleginge them ſelfes to be deliuered from greate affliccion / too haue …

    John Knox · A Godly Letter to the Faithful in London · p. xi · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … begin with ſhame to take the loweſt roume. But when thou art bidden, goe ſittesit doune in the loweſt roume, &c. Whiche parable he concludeth thus: For he that …
    With rule
    … begin with ſhame to take the loweſt roume. But when thou art bidden, goe ſittesit doune in the loweſt roume, &c. Whiche parable he concludeth thus: For he that …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … could by no meanes suffice, whiche desired rather to retourne into Egipt, and to sittesit there emong the greasie fleshe pottes. But what the reward of thē was, the …
    With rule
    … could by no meanes suffice, whiche desired rather to retourne into Egipt, and to sittesit there emong the greasie fleshe pottes. But what the reward of thē was, the …

    Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · p. 60 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … reſtored vnto vs, which they coulde not alienate from their children. This were a ſittesit place to ſtir vp my deare countrimen to bee earneſt in obteining that iewell …
    With rule
    … reſtored vnto vs, which they coulde not alienate from their children. This were a ſittesit place to ſtir vp my deare countrimen to bee earneſt in obteining that iewell …

    John Penry · Equity of a Humble Supplication · p. 33 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Happiness of the Church A01956

  • Printed
    … earth duplicate page duplicate page how little rested he! He dearly earned that voice, before he heard it; SitteSit thou at my right hand: now behold he sittes. Good rest is the reward …
    With rule
    … earth duplicate page duplicate page how little rested he! He dearly earned that voice, before he heard it; SitteSit thou at my right hand: now behold he sittes. Good rest is the reward …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 48 · Open in the reader

The Nobles A03850

  • Printed
    … about him, to be ſmothered. That ſmoakes he might be payed, who ſmoakes ſolde. SitteSit therfore the Nobles them ſelues in counſell: heare cauſes, and honoure iudgementes with their …
    With rule
    … about him, to be ſmothered. That ſmoakes he might be payed, who ſmoakes ſolde. SitteSit therfore the Nobles them ſelues in counſell: heare cauſes, and honoure iudgementes with their …

    Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader

The Conjectures of the End of the World A08559

  • Printed
    … of GOD in Chryst, the worlde yet seeth not, the father saying to Chryst. SitteSit one my right hand whyles I laye thyue enemyes vnder thy fote. Da. hys …
    With rule
    … of GOD in Chryst, the worlde yet seeth not, the father saying to Chryst. SitteSit one my right hand whyles I laye thyue enemyes vnder thy fote. Da. hys …

    Andreas Osiander · The Conjectures of the End of the World · Open in the reader

The Christian Disputations A14461

  • Printed
    … vnder his feete, therefore it is written, that the Lord hath ſayd vnto him: SitteSit thou on my right hand, vntill I put all thine enemies thy footſtoole. Thou …
    With rule
    … vnder his feete, therefore it is written, that the Lord hath ſayd vnto him: SitteSit thou on my right hand, vntill I put all thine enemies thy footſtoole. Thou …

    Pierre Viret · The Christian Disputations · p. 270 · Open in the reader

Harmony of the Gospels A16078

  • Printed
    … with them into a place, whiche is called Gethsemane, and sayde vnto his disciples: SitteSit yee heere while I goe and pray yonder. 37. And he tooke Peter, & the two …
    With rule
    … with them into a place, whiche is called Gethsemane, and sayde vnto his disciples: SitteSit yee heere while I goe and pray yonder. 37. And he tooke Peter, & the two …

    John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · p. 701 · Open in the reader

The Institutes of the Christian Religion A17662

  • Printed
    … gesture of his body, but of the maiestie of his dominion: so that to SitteSit is nothyng els, but to be chiefe iudge in the heauenly iudgement seate.
    With rule
    … gesture of his body, but of the maiestie of his dominion: so that to SitteSit is nothyng els, but to be chiefe iudge in the heauenly iudgement seate.

    John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · p. 102 · Open in the reader